Who is blinder than he that will not see? (Livy)It may take effort to discover what's within me...
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Original: 3/20/2007 9:01 PM
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Tuesday, March 20, 2007

 

Immerse me in Your peace. 
It is balm for weary souls.
It is rest from speculation.
It is trust You're in control. 

It's hard to trust You, God, when You say, "Put your will there."
My heart is here, not there.
But You are everywhere, and You will be with me wherever You lead me. 

Take my heart in Your hands.
Pull out every thought that was born of me, not You.
If You'd just take a scissor and cut off all protruding signs of thoughts astray,
Other people would see them as nipped in the bud.
But You see more than they see, desiring truth in inward parts.
If inner roots that I can't reach need weeding out,    
If You need to disentangle thoughts or pull or re-arrange,
I give You my permission.
My heart's Yours anyway.
If the process isn't fun, that's okay.
I don't ask you to take away the pain; 
Sometimes it's painful to be healed, and sometimes it's hard to be corrected.
But it's worth it.
Only take away the pain that's caused by lack of trust.
Fear doesn't change the past; it only harms our futures. 

Immerse me in Your peace.
It is balm for weary souls.
It is rest from speculation.
It is trust You're in control. 

And when my faith is faltering because my heart is here, not there,
Remind me You are everywhere.
You'll never lead me away from You.
And pain doesn't change the fact that in Your presence is fulness of joy.
In Your presence is fulness of joy.
In Your presence is fulness of joy.   

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"Immerse me in Your peace"...Amen! There is no better place to be than enjoying the Lord's rest. Did you write that?
Posted 3/20/2007 11:17 PM by Livin4Christ83 - reply

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"Fear doesn't change the past; it only harms our futures." (nod) Amazing.
Posted 3/20/2007 11:35 PM by northern_redneck31 - reply

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A great reminder - thanks.

Posted 3/20/2007 11:45 PM by miss_elizabeth_bennet - reply

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That's awesome! Keep using your talents for God...Writing is a talent worth developing!
Posted 3/21/2007 12:19 AM by Livin4Christ83 - reply

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"And pain doesn't change the fact that in Your presence is fulness of joy."

...that's easy to forget. ;)
[speaking from personal experience =p]
Posted 3/21/2007 9:35 AM by miss_chickadee - reply

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Beautiful.
Posted 3/21/2007 10:10 AM by jakethequailman - reply

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Oh wow. I love this! that's a real encouragement right now - thanks!

"And pain doesn't change the fact that in Your presence is fulness of joy."

Awesome line

keep it up.

Posted 3/21/2007 11:19 AM by jehu_the_barbarian - reply

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How are you paying for it? :D
I hope that's not rude to ask. ;D
Posted 3/21/2007 4:53 PM by Vevystefana - reply

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:( I run into problems when I click on post links, not on site names. :)
"If the process isn't fun, that's okay." I'm not sure if I like that line.
But it's not always fun (at the time).
Posted 3/23/2007 10:24 PM by James_Clerk_Maxwell - reply

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Yes, We used Audacity last year to make a 2-hour recording. (Not the same kind of recording as yours though. ;) )
I really like the looks of it! It looks powerful. I have a friend majoring in music recording who's used it (and likes it). :)

BTW, for a little incentive to get FireFox, I downloaded and installed a FF plug-in in about 10 seconds which virtually eliminated all web ads. :D
Posted 3/23/2007 10:54 PM by James_Clerk_Maxwell - reply

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oh, no, not at all.
I was just referring to the fact that sometimes the work that God does in us isn't fun at the moment.

Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.

Hebrews 12:11
Posted 3/23/2007 11:05 PM by James_Clerk_Maxwell - reply

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Those words I can so relate to, very sincere words to the Lord...

You may enjoy coming by and linking to my daughter's notes from the young ladies retreat.  : )

Be blessed,  ~Mrs. A

Posted 3/24/2007 6:44 PM by thats_italian Xanga Premium Member - reply

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Thanks for visiting my site. I always get blessed when I "hear" from grown home schoolers. It encourages me along the path that I am currently walking. I am keeping tabs on Patrick Henry College, wondering if there will be any chance my kids will attend there in the future.
Posted 3/25/2007 9:36 PM by cmolim - reply

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ah, yes. good chat with you i'm glad someone reads my xanga. i figured people had kinda given up on me. guess 'tisn't true
Posted 3/26/2007 2:07 PM by DogsAreAwesome2 - reply

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I like it, Edhelwen.   The central stanza reminds me of Eustace's experience with Aslan in "The Voyage of the Dawn Treader."

Thalion

Btw, I'm on a community site with Lizzie and Kariann right now...I still don't have my own xanga.

Posted 3/27/2007 10:35 AM by The_Pickwick_Society - reply


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